Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
UPDATE: Ponoka RCMP investigating fatal collision
UPDATE July 26, 2022: Ponoka RCMP advise Highway 53 between Range Road 271 and 272 is passable in both directions. Motorists are no longer asked to avoid the area. July 25, 2022 Ponoka RCMP, Fire and ...
Jul 25, 2022
Collision closes Highway 12 overpass near Lacombe
The Highway 12 overpass over the QEll near Lacombe is currently closed to all traffic.Highway 2 southbound traffic is being diverted through Lacombe. Northbound traffic, however, is not affected. Acco...
Jul 25, 2022
'Deplorable evil': Full text of the Pope's residential school apology
MASKWACIS, ALTA. - Pope Francis delivered an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., after a visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School on Mon...
Jul 25, 2022
Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church
MASKWACIS - Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time on his Canadian visit at a meeting this morning with First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. T...
Jul 25, 2022
UPDATE: Torben Schmidt, 76, of Red Deer, located
Red Deer RCMP wish to advise Torben Schmidt has been located. The RCMP thank the public and the media for their assistance.
Jul 24, 2022
Travellers' Advisory: Papal visit highway closures: QEII, Highways 2A and 611
On the morning of July 25, Pope Francis will travel to Maskwacis for an event at 10 a.m. that will result in rolling closures along the Queen Elizabeth II Highway southbound.Provincial officials say t...
Jul 24, 2022
Tens of thousands enjoying Westerner Days 2022
With blue, sunny skies, attendance for the Westerner Days Fair & Exposition is off to a great start for central Alberta's Largest Summer Celebration.That according to Westerner Park officials who ...
Jul 24, 2022
Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church'...
Jul 24, 2022
Red Deer invites privately owned properties for permanent shelter site
The City of Red Deer is calling on private property owners who are interested in selling their site for the purposes of an integrated shelter.These owners are being invited to submit their information...
Jul 22, 2022
Premier Kenney looking into high price of gasoline in the province
Alberta premier Jason Kenney is looking for answers as to why gas prices remain high in the province, despite government measures to make them more affordable."Alberta's government showed tremendous l...
Jul 22, 2022